Zombie Fighting Team: Black Women in Space Edition

Around here, we take zombies seriously. They are the metaphor of our generation, after all. Whether they are shamblers or walkers or completely mutated monsters, we know they are headed for our homes, MAGA hats jauntily askew on their heads. Heads we will be aiming for, by the way. While we maintain real bug-out bags of essentials (you don’t want to see me without coconut oil and coffee), we also keep lists in our heads of all the Black women we’d have on our bug-out squads — the absolute top hitters, thinkers, and tinkerers of time and space. Being that kind of nerd, my list is mostly women from outerspace/the future/sci-fi, and I think you’ll agree — these are women you want on your side when the hordes come.

Team Leader/ Captain: Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith) from the Matrix Universe First of all: martial arts. I mean I definitely want us stocked in machetes and shotguns and such but every now and again we gonna need those hands. Hands that defeated an Agent. Second of all: she was out there fighting in rebellions and captaining ships. Not just any ship, the most maneuverable ship. So she got skills behind the wheel. And no, I don’t think the Walkers are about to hit up NASA and pursue us into outerspace, but those skills piloting translate. Who ever been mad at spatial intelligence and the ability to anticipate an opponent’s next move and counter it? Sign me up to follow this woman into battle. Last but not least: Niobe loved Morpheus and probably did even after they brok…